Permanent bowknot



@15,1945 M LEWIS 2,376,259 A PERMANENTv BOWKNOT l Filed July 22, 1943 IN V EN TOR.

ATTO R N EYE Patented May 15, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PERMANENT BOWKNOT Michael Lewis, Detroit, Mich.

Application July 22, 1 943, Serial No. 495,757

3 claims. (Cl. 2'151) vof an improved permanent bowknot.

In the accompanying'drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view of a bowknot in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a rear view.

Figure 3 is a top edge view.

Figure 4 is a sectional view along the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a knot form, and

Figure 6 is a perspective spring.

In the lembodiment of the invention selected for illustration, I make use of a rubber bow form or core I0 having a straight upper edge I2, right angular end edges I4 and angular bottom edges I6 coacting with the short bottom edge I8 and the end edges I4 to provide pointed wings 20. A suitable tie cloth 22 covers all surfaces of the form. l

A band or loop 24 of a, widthequalling the length of the edge I8 is looped about the cloth covered form to simulate a part of the bowknot 26 and serves as a connection for the neck strap 28, which strap is passed through the loop adjacentv the rear face of the bowknot. One end of the strap 28 is provided with a ring 30 into which a'hook 32 attached tothe other end of the strap is engaged, the strap being elastic and providedwith a conventional adjustment 34.

The form I0 is provided with a slot 36 par"- view of a tensioning alleling the edge I2. This slot is located close to the edge I2 so that the upper bar 38 is somewhat'more ilexible than the bottom bar 30. The clothy 22 is so tensioned as not to alter the con-- tour of the form I0. Thus the loop 24 may be so tensioned as to impart a slight bend to the bar 38 and thereby impart slack to the cloth 22, which slack folds inwardly of the slot to provide a wrinkle 42 enhancing the pleasing appearance of the bow 26.

A iiat spring 44 isinserted between the bow 26 and the strap 28, which spring is normally straight and provided with rolled ends 46 en ible material having a slot therein to provide a relatively stiff lower bar and a relatively flexible upper bar, a tie material covering said form, a loop extending about the material covered tie and ilexing the upper bar to buckle said material inwardly of the slot, a neck strap threaded through said loop, and a springmeans interposed between the material covered form and said neck strap and flexed by said loop to frictionallyvconnect the neck strap and said loop.

2. A tie comprising a resilient form of exible material provided with an elongated slot adjacent one edge to provide a Irelatively stiff lower bar and a relatively flexible upper bar, tie material covering the form, and a loop of material extending above the material covered tie and flexing the upper bar to buckle said material inwardly of the slot to provide'a wrinkled effect, and a neck strap extending through the loop.

3. A tie comprising a resilient form of flexible material provided with an elongated slot adjacent one edge to provide a relatively stiff lower bar and a relatively flexible upper bar, tie material covering the form, a loop of material extending above the material covered tie and flexing the up.V per bar'to buckle said material upwardly of the slot to provide :a wrinkled effect, and a neck strap carried by therear face of the tie.

' MICHAEL LEWIS. 

